This interview with Glenn Adamson has a couple of lovely bits in it.
Firstly, this reframing of email, which I really like:
"And I remember in fact somebody once telling me that what you must never do is treat your email inbox as your to do list. And having thought about that for for while, I’m actually not sure that I agree with that because I think that email does uniquely is immediately remind you of what people are expecting from you and what they need from you. And it’s a stunningly accurate, immediate reminder of your relationships. The way that it indexes those other humans in your life, and all those dependencies, I think that’s quite remarkable and kind of beautiful. So if you can detach from the stress and urgency of it and think of it as a kind of portrait of your ongoing human contact. I think there’s actually a lot to of value there and I find it quite a helpful instrument for getting all this stuff done."
Secondly this story about bricks:
"As you were talking a couple of minutes ago it reminded me of a house that we once listed for sale with The Modern House, a few years back.
And it was owned by a librarian and he, basically, would take a backpack with him to the library each day. And on his way walking back in the evening he would go down to the Thames.
And he would find the nicest, best preserved bricks that he could, that had been washed up from the water. And he would put them in his backpack and he would carry them home.
And he did this for years and years and years, and eventually he built up enough of a pile of reclaimed bricks that he could build a house, So he built this house.
And I think that’s the most extraordinary thing because it’s all about craft and it’s about passion and love and so much heart in it and of course it’s as local and sustainable as you can get."
Related: this from Anthea Hamilton
